French President Emmanuel Macron's Official Portrait Launched an Excellent Photoshop Battle

So France’s President Emmanuel Macron was just trying to take his official portrait like a serious politician. Tall order Macron. The picture, posted Thursday, inevitably launched the internet’s latest Photoshop battle, offering endless entertainment.

The newly elected Macron is a centrist whose victory was seen as a political revolution in France. Lately, he’s begun to present himself as the anti-Donald Trump on the world stage. He also just posted a photo that garnered 94,237 likes as of Friday morning.

His official portrait had one key element — that power stance, which served as the perfect image to stick into iconic movie scenes and all manner of scenarios. It has united French Twitter users and a notable number of citizens of the internet.